According to recently released information, the soaring rate of obesity in 6- to 11-year-old American children has tripled in just 30 years. Alongside that dangerous rise in weight that threatens our nation’s children, a growing number of these children also…
Women with bacterial vaginosis are at 60% higher risk of contracting the human immunosuppressant virus (HIV) than women without the infection, according to the findings of a study just released from the University of North Carolina (UNC) Chapel Hill’s School…
The pituitary gland secretes a hormone, thyrotropin, which influences function of the thyroid gland. Researchers at Harvard Medical School and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have released the findings of their study, which reveals a link between Alzheimer’s disease…
Men and women living with a partner in mid-life are less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of age-related dementia, according to researchers presenting their study to colleagues at the 2008 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease,…
Sleep apnea is keeping between 12 million and 18 million Americans awake at night although many of these people don’t even know they have it. A new study has linked sleep apnea, also called sleep-disordered breathing, to a significantly greater…
Most of us would have a hard time trying to discern the links between world-class athletes, veterans suffering from physical disabilities, couch potatoes, and the frail, the elderly, and the obese but researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies…
The United States House of Representatives voted 326 to 102 on Wednesday to take the power of regulation out of the hands of the tobacco industry and place all tobacco products under the regulatory powers of the US Food and…
Almost a million travelers from around the world are expected to travel to Beijing next week for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. Another couple of million Chinese citizens are expected to travel to the city for the event, too.
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An extensive study conducted by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed the elevated risk of birth defects in women diagnosed with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes before becoming pregnant. Children born to diabetic…
Calling their work the WEIRD project, a team of technology researchers has devised a communications system that uses the latest technologies in an easy-to-use format that can be installed in an ambulance. The technology allows the ambulance team to relay,…
